Republican leader seeks to unite party and avoid fight over US election results

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Rod Lamkey/Pool/AP)

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has warned fellow Republican senators against joining President Donald Trump’s extended assault on the Electoral College results.

In public remarks and private warnings on Tuesday, Mr McConnell worked to push ahead to the Joe Biden era and unite a fractured Republican Party before the Georgia run-off elections that will determine Senate control.